
Amishi Jha
@amishijha
author of the national bestseller PEAK MIND, Professor, Univ of Miami, Cog Neuroscience of Attention, Mindfulness, Resilience Amishi.com
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Enjoyed discussing our work on #findingfocus and strengthening attention with a wonderful group of teachers and administrators on Miami Country Day’s beautiful campus. Thank you for the invitation 🧠The CTTL🎓!


Bon Voyage to our very own Jorge Pelaez (aka Malena Price), #jhalab yogini & contemplative+clinical psychology phd candidate as she leaves to spend her final year of graduate school abroad! We’ll miss you and look forward to seeing you soon! 🧡💚


New paper alert! Our evidence-based recommendations on how to maximize the measurement precision of self-reported mind wandering during task performance. Anthony Zanesco Nicholas Van Dam Ekaterina Denkova researchgate.net/publication/38…



“Half of our waking experience, we are actually not paying attention to the thing we intend to do.” Today, Amishi Jha describes the importance of learning to pay attention, and how mindfulness meditation can help everyone get better at it - not just the spiritual folks.



New paper alert! Congrats to Malena Price, MSc and co-authors Anthony Zanesco Ekaterina Denkova nature.com/articles/s4159…


Thank you for visiting us at the #jhalab, @umiamiprovostprado! Fruitful discussion on building a more MindfulU! 💚🧡#gocanes UMINDFULNESS UMiami-Psychology



New paper alert! Increases in mind wandering over time are directly associated with patterns of worsening performance over time. Yet, being more mindful, motivated, and task-interested may be protective. Anthony Zanesco Ekaterina Denkova psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-…



In The Roots of Attention, Sam speaks with neuroscientist and mindfulness researcher Amishi Jha. They discuss how attention is studied, the failure of brain-training games, dualistic vs. nondualistic mindfulness, emotion, self-transcendence, and more. bit.ly/3Z1mZjk


Attention fuels our ability to think, feel, and connect. For healthcare providers, burnout depletes attentional control, while mindfulness training boosts it. Thanks for including me in this wonderful piece Jess Cording, MS, RD! forbes.com/sites/jesscord…


Congratulations to Anthony Zanesco and co-authors! We’re thrilled to announce that our recent paper has been chosen as an APA Editor’s Choice selection. Link to paper: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-…


Heading to the 🧠the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 🧠meeting in Boston? Come check out Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at UMiami Jha Lab’s posters! A43 (presented by Brooke Schwartzmanan), A144 (by Jason Tsukahara), B158 (presented by Jha Lab alum Anthony Zanesco— Asst. Prof at Univ of Kentucky)
